.jpg) Sturgeon Point Light in September 2018 | |
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| Location | Haynes Township, Alcona County, Michigan, USA |
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| Coordinates | 44°42′45.7″N 83°16′21.8″W / 44.712694°N 83.272722°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1869 |
| Foundation | Limestone |
| Construction | Brick |
| Automated | 1939 |
| Height | 71 feet (22 m)[1][2] |
| Shape | Frustum of a cone |
| Markings | white daymark with red trim |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place  |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1869 |
| Focal height | 69 feet (21 m)[3] |
| Lens | Sixth order Fresnel Lens[5] (original), 3½-order Fresnel Lens (current) |
| Range | 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi)[4] |
| Characteristic | flash every six seconds |
Sturgeon Point Light Station | |
| Nearest city | Harrisville, Michigan |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1869 |
| Architect | United States Lighthouse Board |
| Architectural style | Cape Cod style |
| MPS | U.S. Coast Guard Lighthouses and Light Stations on the Great Lakes TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 84001370[6] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | July 19, 1984 |
| Designated MSHS | February 18, 1982[7] |
The Sturgeon Point Light Station is a lighthouse on Lake Huron in Haynes Township, Alcona County, northeastern lower Michigan.[8][9] Established to ward mariners off a reef that extends 1.5 miles (2.4 km) lakeward from Sturgeon Point,[1] it is today regarded as a historic example of a Cape Cod style Great Lakes lighthouse.[10]
- ^ a b Alcona Historical Society. "Sturgeon Point Lighthouse & Museum". Retrieved August 6, 2012.
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Tower Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. Archived from the original on September 18, 2000. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Focal Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. Archived from the original on August 30, 2008. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
- ^ Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.
- ^ But see Pepper, Terry. "Database of Original Lenses". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. Archived from the original on September 18, 2000. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ State of Michigan (2009). "Sturgeon Point Light Station". Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
- ^ "Sturgeon Point (Lake Huron) Light ARLHS USA-823". Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
- ^ "World List of Lights (WLOL)". Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Sturgeon Point Light Station". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. Retrieved August 7, 2012.